Ship to Ship Case Study
Background: A customer with a fleet of ships asked Global Forte, a high tech product and consulting company, if it had an economical solution to fulfill their need for high-speed communications connectivity for ship-to-ship and ship-to-shore operations.
Global Forte recommended the Broadband Antenna Tracking System’s (BATS) BTS-3300 System integrated with Redline Communication’s 5.8 GHz AN-80i radio that utilized a two-foot grid antenna.
Customer Challenge: For the purpose of the demonstration, to maintain a high-speed wireless connection for several hours between two ships moving at speeds of up to 13 knots and at a distance of up to 12.4 miles (20 km).
BATS Solution: A live demonstration was set for late June 2009 in the Sea of Marmara (major waterway linking the Black Sea and the Aegean and Mediterranean seas via the Bosporus and the Dardanelles).
Integrated with Redline Communication’s AN-80i, the BTS-3300 system Communication s AN BTS with pan-tilt chasses was mounted on the main mast of two ships (16 meters above sea level). Two scenarios were demonstrated. (Please View PDF below for scenarios.)
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BATS Industry-First Wireless Broadband Tracking System Delivers 4.5Mbps between two Moving Ships at 44Km
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. 3, 2009 – Broadband Antenna Tracking Systems, Inc., (BATS) has successfully demonstrated an industry-first ship-to-ship wireless broadband communications tracking system integrating its BTS-2500 units with two wireless broadband radios....